[HPforGrownups] Spinner's End--further evidence for DDsMan!Snape??

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No: HPFGUIDX 140005

Sarah:

Maybe (whether ESE or not) Snape is keeping the fact that he's an Occlumens 
in the first place from Bella. It would only cause more questions from her. 
Alternatively, even if she knows he's an Occlumens, maybe the fact that he 
was training Harry is too big of a can of worms to open by telling her. She 
knows Occlumency, and knows how to train someone in Occlumency. She would 
also be aware of any inherent security risks one faces when teaching 
Occlumency. I know Snape used the Pensieve as sort of a safeguard (which 
ended up backfiring) but surely ALL the incriminating things he knows are 
not contained in the mere three thoughts he placed there. It would take ages 
to use a Pensieve to truly "clean house" for someone with Snape's history. 
Maybe these were calculated risks that ESE Snape was willing to take to keep 
his cover, or that DDM Snape was willing to take out of loyalty, or that OFH 
Snape was willing to take for whatever reason, but Bella would find reason 
to consider the risk less excusable.

Snape does not take credit for delaying the arrival of the Order at the DoM, 
interesting since Bella does sort of chide him about it. ("They were joined, 
as you very well know, by half of the Order before long!") Instead he puts a 
different spin on it by saying it was his information that helped dispose of 
Sirius, though he is careful to compliment Bella for having finished him 
off. I notice this is a manipulation technique that we see Tom Riddle using 
later, and which Harry notes well, has served him in the past! (It was very 
well done, thought Harry, the hesitancy, the casual tone, the careful 
flattery, none of it overdone. He, Harry, had had too much experience of 
trying to wheedle information out of re­luctant people not to recognize a 
master at work.)

Sarah


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